Suspensory bandage.



PATBNTE'D APR. l2, 1904` A. TAINSH. SUSPENSORY BANDA AP GE. PLIOATIONFILED SEPT. 9, 1903.

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Il rares! arent @erica lWILLIAVI A.. TAINSH, OF PORTLAND, MAINESUSPENSGHY "BNDGE.

SPEIFIGATION Vforming part of Letters Patent No. 757,153, dated April12, 1904. Application filed September 9, 1903. .Serial Ilo. 172,467. (Nomodel.)

To allwhom it con/Germ. Be it known thati, Vlllinr-JLIAiyI A.'I`A1Nsn, aof .Great'ritaim and a resident of Woodfor is,Portland,in the county ofCumberland and Evitate of Maine,` have in-l vented a new and Improved`Suspensory Bandage, of which the folldwing is a full, clear, and Thisinvention relates to aclass'of surgical appliances employed forsupporting the male land has for its object to provide novel andimproved details of conan opening a2 at the front of the sack 6, andstruction for an appliance of the character inat the rear edge thereofdirectly opposite the opening a2 the meeting ends bof the two similar.under straps 8 are secured, the other ends of the straps being extendedupward and toward two buckles 9, secured upon the front piece`5 of thewaistband near the ends o'fthe latter, the under straps being formed ofelastic tape or other suitable material.

A number of spaced tion, afford means for adjustment of the support tosuit the physique ofthe wearer of the bandage, 'insures the comfort ofthe wearer under allcondtions of its service as asupport, and permits anexchange of the suspensorysack to replace a soiled sack with a clean oneas occasion may require.

'The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described, andidened in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

perforations c protected by eyelets or by working with thread, as may bepreferred, these perforasitioned near' each end and the center of saidband.

In the front piece 5 ries of eyelet-protected spaced perforations e isformed, (four being shoving) the outer two holes of the series buckles9. Y

In the eyelet-holes candea lacing .cord or vtape IO is strung byinserting the condor tape alternately through theseperforationsgisttthat cate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the irn-l provement; and Fig. 2 is afront view of the device, vparts of thewaistband being removed. Thewaistband is preferably formed of a front inelastic portion 5 and anelastic band a, securedby one end upon a corresponding buckled upon theremaining end of the part 5; The, waistband portion 5 may be formed oftwo or more plies of canvas or other woven fabric that Iis not elasticand whichwill be and this part of the waistband may be of greaterwidththan the elastic-band portion 5. The two portions 5 5UIL aiiord gether,as shown at g in Fig. 1

It willv be apparent that upon securingl the the sack 6 and its openingafi will be positioned at the front of the body for support ofthe partsit is to engage with in an obvious'manner, and as the lacing-strand l()may be readily adjusted to raise or lower the sack '6 with a waistbandthat in use is applied upon the person above the hips, so as to locatethe fronti piece 5 upon the abdomen near the umbilicus, and the looseends of the parts 5 5 may be buckled together, as indisupport maybevaried in degree .as to venforce cated by dotted lines in Fig. l.contact with the organs, so that comfort will The supporting-sack 6 maybe formed of a' be afforded, and the weight of the support (three..being shown) are formed in the bandl 7 and,

tions in the sack-band respectively'flbeing pobeing` positioned near theregardto the waistband-front portion 5 such It will be seen that thisconstruction leaves'` of the waistband a se- .8'5 the ends 10a of thelacingwillextendfrom-. the outermost holes. e inthe waistbaneh.andl saidextended end portions may be tiedto- V ,9.o waistband 5 5 upon the bodyof the person'l IOO such a result. i c. v

It will vbe seen that'the particular construction of the applianceadapts it to suit the requirement of persons that differ in physique.

' Furthermoraas the sack 6, together with the attached under straps 8,may readily be removed fromthe waistband by the removal of thelacing-strand 1O1andunbuckling the ends ofthe under straps, a clean sackand attached straps may be substituted for one that is soiled. at anytime this is desirable, -which is a very essential feature of theimprovement.

The improvement is specially advantagcoifs inthe treatment of `severecases of hydrocele,

' varicocele, inflammation of theprostate gland,

and analogous diseases, 'as it affords means for .the comfortablesupport of the diseased parts,

avoids improper pressure, andbeing adjustable for height/the scrotalsupport may be arranged to suit each individual and without discomforttransfer the weight of the engaged parts to the waistband, so as torelieve and aid in the cure of disease or weakness.

The provision'of the lacing cord or tape and its laced connecti n withthe waistband and the suspensory bndage affords ventilation and avoidscompression on the lower portion of the abdomen, which adds to thecomfort of the wearer.. f Having thus described my invention, Iclaim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1..,Ina suspensory bandage,the combination with a waistband having a non-elasticfront portion, anda series of spaced perforaf tions in said portion of the waistband, of asack formed of an elongated piece of iibrous fabric that is folded tolap and' aline the ends thereof, a perforate band secured on said endportions, anda flexible strand engaging in the perforations of thesack-band and the waistband-front, and which by adjustment defines thespace between said bands.

. 2. Inasu'spensory bandage, the combination with a waistband having' anon-elastic front portion, of a sack formed of brous material, .means toadjustably suspend the 'front of thesack from the front of thewaistband, and two under straps attached at the rear of the sack bylower ends thereof, and adjustably secured' at theirupper ends uponsaidwaistband.

3. In a suspensory bandage, the co/mbination with a waistband having aseries df spaced perforations" in thefront portion, of a sack formed ofan oblang v strip of fibrous fabric, plaited at the en s, lapped at theends and front edge thereof, a sack-band secured along the alined tov'edges of. the plaited ends, said sack-band ving a series of spacedperforations therein, a fiexible strand woven into and betwee thewaistband-perforations and the holes/'in the sack-band/and tied togetherat its ends, said strand by its engagement with the waistband andsack-band defining the space between them, and two under straps affixedby their lower ends upon the rear edge of the sack at its fold andv attheir upper ends engaged with two buckles held on the front portion ofthe waistband.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. WILLIAM TAINSH. Witnesses:A

WM. M. LE'IGHTON, FRED H. HARMON.

